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Exactly one year ago (September 9, 2010) the AMG Preliminary Site Location Preference thread was started - so, I think it is only appropriate to start AMG 2012 Preliminary Site Location Preference thread this evening... Please read the information below. Also, when providing the information below, also note that it would also be good to provide a time of year (month) that you would recommend for AMG 2012. So, here we go.........

Please use this thread to state your site preference(s) for the 2012 AMG. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR YOUR RESPONSES TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED FOR SITE LOCATIONS TO HOST THE 2012 AMG. Also, include a time of year (month) next to your site selection --- so, try to present your info as follows:

Example:Site Time of YearABC Land AugustCandyland SeptNever Neverland July

Please do not use this thread for any other conversation, topic discussion, etc. This thread will allow for the gathering of a list of potential sites for AMG 2012 - this list of potential sites will be narrowed down to the Top 3 locations for a future voting thread to be established. Then we can discuss rational behind the selections (i.e. cost factor, distance, things to do, weather)

To allow ample time for preferences to be made and to narrow down the list based on those preferences - let's accomplish this particular part (naming preferences) by October 20, 2011.

Thanks for your input - if you have any questions regarding the above, feel free to PM me.

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I am really not so particular about the date, but I realize it makes a big difference for others.

Washington DC - July (after IAC)Chicago - August or SeptemberNew Orleans - August or September

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

It appears Washington DC just might win out. If so, may I recommend the Vista Hotel? It was here that former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry famously uttered "the b---- set me up" after being caught in an FBI sting.... Barry was brought to trial on 14 drug charges, but was convicted on only one count of cocaine possession. After serving a six-month federal prison sentence, Barry re-emerged in politics to be re-elected to Mayor of Washington, D.C., in 1994. (Scandalous Sites of Washington DC)

Right now (at least until 10/20!!) is when everyone and anyone can get into the discussion - and make a difference. Don't have the money to travel too far? Offer up choices around your area and AMG might just come to you this year. Know a great city and know all the right places and attractions to vist? Offer up that choice and you just might become our un-official AMG "tour guide" around town.

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leatherman (aka mIkIE)

All the stars are flashing high above the seaand the party is on fire around you and meWe're gonna burn this disco down before the morning comes- Pet Shop Boys chart from 1992-2015Isentress/Prezcobix

Washington DC is fine, it will be a very nice drive up for Bob & I, he said he wanted to come to support me, if that's ok w/ you all he doesn't have AIDS and has been my partner for the last 18 yrs.

Of course Bob would be welcome. A number of negative partners have attended over the years, including my partner Sid in Seattle this year. The more the merrier -- besides, someone has to be there to keep you in line.

Of course Bob would be welcome. A number of negative partners have attended over the years, including my partner Sid in Seattle this year. The more the merrier -- besides, someone has to be there to keep you in line.

Mike

Bob & I are the same age, so we tend to keep each other in line

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974

Hi Dennis...From the beginning of the forum AMG's we have been welcoming not only to the HIV+ from literally all over the world but also their supporters and loved ones. I believe I speak for everyone who has attended when I assure you that Bob will be most welcome.

Jody

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"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world". "Try to discover that you are the song that the morning brings."

Hi Dennis...From the beginning of the forum AMG's we have been welcoming not only to the HIV+ from literally all over the world but also their supporters and loved ones. I believe I speak for everyone who has attended when I assure you that Bob will be most welcome.

Jody

Thanks Guys , I'm happy to hear that @ mike I didn't know you were in a serodiscordant long trem relationship like I'm in, that's nice to know, and makes me feel good

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974